wtf is juice / gw smile
Title
wtf is juice / gw smile
Year
2015-2016
Materials
sugar, water, purple, Listerine, George Washington's raggedy ass enslaved peoples' teeth dentures, gold party foil, Grapeade cans, lights, fountain, silk velvet with surface devoured by the artist
Series
wtf is juice / gw smile consists of a plastic party fountain filled with fragrant purple liquid placed on top of a column. The first thing you notice when it's in the room is the smell. The column has gold foil tissue paper and a stack of images of President George Washington's dentures-- which may have been made from snatched enslaved peoples’ and animal teeth. The column is draped with white velvet which I have burned out with acid with my own designs. The process of burning out is called "devoré," literally, devoured. The purple liquid splashes onto the velvet as the fountain runs, with purple lights glowing from within the velvet.
